There's a devil waiting outside your doorThere's a devil waiting outside your doorIt is bucking and braying and pawing at the floorAnd he's howling with pain and crawling up the wallsThere's a devil waiting outside your doorHe's weak with evil and broken by the worldHe's shouting your name and he's asking for moreThere's a devil waiting outside your door

Loverman!Since the world beganForever, AmenTill end of timeTake off that dressI'm coming downI'm your lovermanCause I am what I am what I am what I am

L is for LOVE, babyO is for ONLY you that I doV is for loving VIRTUALLY all that you areE is for loving almost EVERYTHING that you doR is for RAPE meM is for MURDER meA is for ANSWERING all of my prayersN is for KNOWING your loverman's going to be the answer to all of yours

Loverman!Till the bitter endWhile empires burn downForever and ever and ever and everAmen I'm your lovermanSo help me, babySo help meCause I am what I am what I am what I amI'll be your loverman!

There's a devil crawling along your floorThere's a devil crawling along your floorWith a trembling heart, he's coming through your doorWith his straining sex in his jumping pawThere's a devil crawling along your floorAnd he's old and he's stupid andhe's hungry and he's soreAnd he's lame and he's blindand he's dirty and he's poorGive him moreThere's a devil crawling along your floor

Loverman!Here I standForever, AmenCause I am what I am what I am what I amForgive me, babyMy hands are tiedAnd I got no choiceNo, I got no choice at allI'll say it againL is for LOVE, babyO is for O yes I doV is for VIRTUE, so I ain't gonna hurt youE is for EVEN if you want me toR is for RENDER unto me, babyM is for that which is MINEA is for ANY old how, darlingN is for ANY old timeI'll be your loverman!I got a masterplanTo take off your dressAnd be your manSeize the throneSeize the mantleSeize the crownCause I am what I amWhat I am what I am I'm your loverman!

There's a devil lying by your sideYou might think he's asleepbut look at his eyesHe wants you, baby, to be his brideThere's a devil lying by your side

I never pegged you for a Nick Cave fan. That's awesome. Learn something new about you all the time.

Of course I should have known... you are a bad, bad man.

The Martin Gore cover of Loverman is just.. beautiful. He's a little more... I hate to say "soulful" because Nick Cave is as soulful as it gets... but more in the gospel choir sense of soulful. Big, vibrato voice with a huge range and you can tell he LOVES the song so it really brings something to it. I can't find a clip of the studio version but here he is doing it live. Brings a different sensibility to it than Nick Cave. Both versions are great though.

My Cave fandom is fairly recent. The Birthday Party never did much for me...some of it is unlistenable. It wasn't until i heard Bring It On a few years ago that i decided to give him another shot. Abattoir Blues is a bloody fantastic album. His new Grinderman album is pretty good, too.

FYI, you can download some live recordings of Mr. Cave in the Multimedia section here (free registration required). My favorite is a solo version of "The Ship Song" -- just him on the piano -- from Jan 22, 1999 in Antwerp. It's fucking intimate, romantic, and makes me want to make sweet, sweet love to pretty much anything...animate or inanimate.

The Martin Lee Gore version was quite good. I pretty much hated all Depeche Mode except Enjoy the Silence. Even with that, i greatly preferred hard/metal covers of the song versus the original. Of course, i've successfully managed to avoid Depeche Mode since college.

For Depeche Mode... on the whole, I greatly prefer their non-singles to their singles. Their later albums, especially Violator, Ultra, and Songs of Faith and Devotion are very different feeling than the earlier straight synth pop stuff. I also know that I'm a big weirdo for basically never hearing anything other than a couple singles when I was younger and then really absorbing their whole catalog over the last year or so.

I'm come and go with Nick Cave. I don't think there is an entire album I love or hate.